install VL64-7.1-STD-B0.38 now with samsung lcd monitor,now chose advanced , it will go forward.....now still installing.....another bug for samsung lcd,installer can't distinguish samsung syncmaster 920nw lcd well,which should be working at 1440x900 resolution in standard...when installing with sync master series of lcd, installer keeps flashing,thenshut off,have to press switch on every 2 minutes....anyone use samsung syncmaster lcd for installig??

Pointer is very hesitant and jerky both in installer and installed system. Cannot pass partition selection in GUI installer without using pointer.

There's no mkchroot. Yeah, I know it's mainly intended for buildslaves, which implies 64-bit. Still useful for 32-bit, though.

Lilo install works now, but lilo bmp is ugly and text is misplaced. https://bitbucket.org/roarde/lilobmp/downloads/lilobmp.tar.bz2 I'm not suggesting using this splash for lilo, just using it for a demo. I'd mentioned that each arch may need its own lilo bitmap. Now I'm not so sure. I don't have a 64-bit, maybe someone can test the bitmap and data file in the tarball on a 64 and report back. I plan to remove that repo and tarball from bitbucket fairly soon.

Some users may have trouble connecting with their wireless in their previously-installed system after testing this install. The problem is faulty interaction between both networkmanager and wicd (on old system) and the wireless driver; often it's the wireless driver itself. Settings loaded into the card aren't changed on a warm reboot. A cold boot (or one reboot thereafter) should solve this. I say it's networkmanager's and linux's problem -- not ours to solve, just to note and pass upstream.

Both installs would predictably stop responding to mouse clicks at the login screen if clicking on the different option buttons and cancel the resulting dialog a few times. Pressing (virtual) power button results in clean shutdown. It also happened once while at the desktop, the top menu and bottom launcher stopped responding, but right-clicking on the desktop brought up the menu.

It's subjective, but boot process just seems slow.

Maybe if it used all cores, it would do better. Or, maybe it's deliberate so we get more time to enjoy the boot splash?

strange still no more fix release for vl7.1 64 bit yet.....no more users're testing and using it any more,all switch to other linux distro?

Beta releases come when they're ready. These aren't meant to be used as a daily use distro. You test. You wait for a new version and you test again. But to expect fixes immediately as if this were a production release is silly and unrealistic.

strange still no more fix release for vl7.1 64 bit yet.....no more users're testing and using it any more,all switch to other linux distro?

Beta releases come when they're ready. These aren't meant to be used as a daily use distro. You test. You wait for a new version and you test again. But to expect fixes immediately as if this were a production release is silly and unrealistic.

downloading now, will install soon....hope this release can solve malfunction of the basic commands like halt poweroff reboot....more users tested and use it , vl community can release vl7.1 final as earlier as possible.